Sown

Famous quotes containing the word sown:

“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
—Bible: Hebrew Hosea, 8:7.

A prophecy against idolators.

“Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another’s.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)